Engineering and Engineers

Women are turning their backs on jobs in Silicon Valley On International Women’s Day, more evidence that women are opting out of lucrative jobsOn International Women’s Day, more evidence that women are opting out of lucrative jobs.

AI in 2018: Google seeks to turn early focus on AI into cash Alphabet has spent billions injecting machine learning into all aspects of its business, though returns will be hard to trackGoogle Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has said the company is positioning its as artificial intelligence first. Here’s how it makes money with the tech.

Meltdown and Spectre are huge vulnerabilities for Intel and others: What you need to know Software providers are pushing out updates to deal with one issue, but the other one has no fix for nowTwo serious security vulnerabilities found in most computer chip designs around the world, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre by a group of academic and industry researchers, has the tech industry scrambling to protect systems, but it looks like consumers will just have to update and pray.

Infrastructure ETFs see slight bump on report of coming Trump proposal A proposal will reportedly be unveiled in mid-JanuaryExchange-traded funds tied to infrastructure-related companies have seen modest gains this week, following reports that President Donald Trump would make an infrastructure stimulus package a legislative priority next year, renewing a campaign pledge that had moved to the back burner in his first year in office.

Siemens to boost R&D spending by €450 millionSiemens AG (SIE.XE) said Friday that investments in research and development will rise an additional 450 million ($530.6 million) in fiscal 2018 as it tries to accelerate its innovation process. With the additional spending, total research-and-development spending will reach more than EUR5.6 billion compared with EUR5.2 billion in fiscal 2017.

To fight automation, white-collar workers must play to this strength Brookings ‘digitalization’ study shows how fast even the highest-paying jobs are changingAs AI takes over, there’s more to keeping high-skilled, higher-pay white collar jobs than feebly trying to keep up with technology.

AMD shakeup in graphics division clears the way for a course correction Raja Koduri quits following a 40-day sabbaticalDeparture of AMD’s chief architect and head of its graphics division is raising questions about the health and future of the chip maker’s graphics product line.

Ford profit jumps 63% on strong truck salesFord Motor Co. delivered a fresh reminder that -- amid all the talk about driverless cars and electric vehicles -- Detroit is a truck town. The No. 2 U.S. auto maker on Thursday reported a 63% third-quarter profit increase, a positive sign following a summer marked by management reshuffling, a renewed cost-cutting drive and continued malaise for the share price.

Robots, artificial intelligence are hardly the end of work U.S. must embrace AI or find itself behind China permanentlyRobots hardly spell the end of work, but if Americans don’t embrace artificial intelligence, it could catapult China ahead of the United States once and for all, writes Peter Morici.

The death of the cover letter — and other ways robots are changing hiring While automation will make the hiring process faster and easier, it has some major caveatsWhile automation will make the hiring process faster and easier, it has some major caveats.

VW engineer sentence for role in emissions fraudA Volkswagen engineer was sentenced to 40 months imprisonment and will pay a $200,000 fine for participating in the German auto giant's emissions-cheating deception after cooperating with U.S. prosecutors in their criminal investigation of the yearslong conspiracy to defraud government officials and customers.

Tesla’s relentless push toward autonomous driving has rankled its Autopilot team Many engineers reportedly didn’t believe product was readyTesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk jolted the automotive world last year when he announced the company’s new vehicles would come with a hardware upgrade that would eventually allow them to drive themselves. He also jolted his own engineering ranks.

To get ahead, some Americans will have to move to the cities Rural areas lack not only jobs but the schools needed to teach valuable skillsToo many Americans are stranded in rural areas and small towns that don’t have good jobs or the schools to teach valuable skills, writes Peter Morici.

4 fears an AI developer has about artificial intelligence Will artificial intelligence make humans superfluous?If AI keeps improving until it surpasses human intelligence, will a superintelligence system (or more than one of them) find it no longer needs humans?

As Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code, more wacky attire is now acceptable at work Rompers for men, silly (or no) socks and sparkly nail polish are not unusualRompers for men, silly (or no) socks and sparkly nail polish are not unusual.

Saving lives and reducing roadkill, wildlife crossings are getting a new look No longer just utilitarian, but something more aesthetically pleasingNew designs do more than enhance safety. They also expand habitats and create striking landmarks.

Facebook disputes female engineers’ gender-bias claims Company denies bias, but admits not enough women in senior positionsLast year, a longtime engineer at Facebook Inc. gathered data that revealed a controversial finding: Code written by women was rejected much more frequently than code written by their male colleagues, according to people familiar with the matter and screenshots of internal discussions viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

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